flavorsome

C2+ Topic:Senses & Perception

US /ˈfleɪvərsəm/ UK /ˈfleɪvəsəm/ See IPA manual

adj

Meanings

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adj
having a full, appetizing flavor

A handful of herbs made the broth wonderfully flavorsome.

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Synonyms

1 adj · having a full, appetizing... tasty savory flavorful flavorous delicious appetizing palatable

Opposites

bland tasteless insipidflavorless

Word family

Derived forms flavorsomeness

Related forms flavor flavorful flavorous

Etymology

From flavor (from Old French flaor 'smell, odor') + the suffix -some.

flaor Old French

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# flavorsome

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** ˈfleɪvərsəm
**IPA (UK):** ˈfleɪvəsəm

## Meanings
1. having a full, appetizing flavor

## Examples
- A handful of herbs made the broth wonderfully flavorsome.

## Synonyms
- tasty
- savory
- flavorful
- flavorous
- delicious
- appetizing
- palatable

## Antonyms
- bland
- tasteless
- insipid
- flavorless

## Derived Forms
- flavorsomeness

## Related Forms
- flavor
- flavorful
- flavorous

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: flaor

## Etymology
From flavor (from Old French flaor 'smell, odor') + the suffix -some.

## AI Etymology
Flavorsome is from flavor (from Old French flaor 'smell, odor') + the suffix -some. Important recorded forms include flaor (Old French). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers having a full, appetizing flavor. The wider family includes derived forms such as flavorsomeness and related words such as flavor, flavorful, and flavorous.

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- Senses & Perception

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